Full Class Heading Does Not Cover “All Services” in the United States
Trademark owners outside the United States often find it useful to file U.S. applications based on priority from an application or registration in their home country, or as an extension of protection...
View ArticleNew Privacy Rule Gives Patients Right To Access Lab Test Reports
On February 6, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) issued a final rule amending the...
View ArticleHouse Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Data Security
On February 5, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing titled “Protecting Consumer Information: Can Data Breaches Be Prevented?” The hearing...
View ArticleDistrict Courts Staying Cases Pending CLS Bank, but the Federal Circuit...
In December, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp., No. 13-298, in which the question presented by the petitioner is “[w]hether claims to computer-implemented inventions...
View ArticleFTC Workshop Seeks to Spark Biosimilars Competition
Demand for biologics is growing fast, but even after Congress passed authorizing legislation in 2010, the pace of generic entry appears to have stalled. Seeking to spur increased generic competition,...
View ArticleU.K. Releases Privacy Guidelines for Mobile App Developers
Developers of mobile applications accessed by British users should take note: the U.K.'s privacy and data protection agency, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), has released new privacy...
View ArticleFinCEN Issues Additional Clarifications Regarding Bitcoin and other...
On January 30, 2014, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued two administrative rulings that address the application of Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) regulations to convertible virtual...
View Article5 Tips for Creating an Effective Electronic Communications Policy
Over 80% of business correspondence was in the form of email in 2012, with 89 billion messages sent and received each day. This raises the very real and immediate possibility of security breaches...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Limits Scope of Employers’ Claims Under Computer Fraud and...
In July 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an important decision limiting the claims employers can bring against disloyal current and former employees under the...
View ArticleBungle in the Beer Tapper Jungle?
The Sports Bar in the Mirage Resort & Casino, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is currently sporting a pretty interesting collection of tap beers, from left to right: Bud Light, Goose Island Honker’s...
View ArticleFinCEN Releases Additional Guidance Related To Virtual Currency Mining,...
On January 30, FinCEN issued two rulings related to virtual currency mining and virtual currency software development and investment activity. The guidance clarifies FinCEN’s previous convertible...
View ArticleS.D.N.Y. Prosecutors Get Martoma, but Probably No Closer to Steve Cohen
Lst Thursday, a jury in the Southern District of New York convicted Mathew Martoma in what is in dollar terms the largest insider trading case in captivity. As we’ve discussed before, Martoma had been...
View ArticleDistrict of New Jersey Finds Settlement Without Reverse Payment Is Not...
On January 24, 2014, in In re Lamictal Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation, No. 12-cv-995, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9257 (D.N.J. Jan. 24, 2014), Senior District Judge William H. Walls dismissed a...
View ArticleAnnual FCC CPNI Certification Due by March 3, 2014
This is to remind our clients that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires every telecommunications and interconnected VoIP service provider (including wireless, cable telephony, and even...
View ArticleThe Devil Wears Trademark: How The Fashion Industry Has Expanded Trademark...
I. INTRODUCTION - Over the past decade, the uncertainty of fashion’s status as protectable intellectual property has generated enormous controversy. It is no wonder: in 2011, apparel sales in the...
View ArticleHealth Alert (Australia) - 10 February 2014
In This Issue: Judgments, Commentary, Legislation, and Reports. Excerpt from Commentary: Australian Professional Indemnity Blog - 3 February 2014 - Western Australia (WA) disciplinary tribunal says its...
View ArticleAdvertising News & Analysis - February 6, 2014
In this issue: - Announcement - Avoid Brand Fumbles When Marketing During Championships - It Always Pays to Disclose Connections - Caution is the Name of the Game When a Claim is a Brand Name - Brands...
View ArticleCrimes of the Heart: A Trademark Valentine To Betty Boop
Betty Boop, the cartoon character created by Max Fleischer in 1930, has always been associated with the trappings of Valentine’s Day. She is frequently depicted on merchandise alongside symbols of...
View ArticleCalifornia “Do Not Track” Law Requires Consumer Companies to Re-Examine...
On January 1, 2014, California’s Online Privacy Protection Act was updated to include changes that will impact nearly every US business managing a commercial website that collects consumer personally...
View ArticleMexican telecom watchdog revises TV networks tender program
Last January 30, 2014, Mexican telecom watchdog, IFT, revised the tender program for 2 national digital-TV networks. The new program revised 8 locations based on comments from interested parties....By:...
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